Did anyone cath the review of the MS protege on autoweek? They said some good stuff and loved the car. Wish I had one!

 

I didn't see it, but a friend of mine also saw it, said it was good.

I too wish I had one, all I can do is sit in Digi168's passenger seat while he drives it, he's the first person to have one: http://www.mpsport.net/

 

I saw it. It was good.

 

Sorry guys and I know y'all may hate me now, but I like the Neon SRT4 a lot better. Maybe because they put more juice in there's.

I'll go in the corner now and hit my head against the wall.

 

um u sir needs to seek help!@$@#!

 

Well since I was hit by the drunk driver I've stepped into a Neon SRT-4 and loved the stupid thing.. all except the looks.... I'm seriously considering that thing.. i mean come on! 14.2 in the 1/4!! woo.. my friends trans am only runs a 13.9. I loved the SRT-4 and can't say enough about it except it needs a little gear work and a nice short shifter. Then its off to the suspension.. but as soon as my insurance check is here.. if there are no Mazdaspeeds around.. I know where i'm going! And yes it is only for the power that i want that car, def. not looks or handling. I too will go beat my head against the wall now..

 

Good! I'm not alone.

 

Yes, but it is a frickin' piece of junk from Chrysler. It may be fast, but it won't be fast for long when it spends its time at the dealership have the parts replaced that either fail or fall off.

 

Very true, and worth repeating! Chrysler has built a quality car since the early 70's.

 

Please don't flame me. For what it's worth, my parents have owned a 95 Dodge Intrepid, 95 Dodge Avenger, and 01 Dodge Intrepid and haven't had major problems with any of them, granted they don't drive them as hard as I would though. But the 95 Intrepid has gone over 110k and still running strong and the Avenger had 85k until it was totalled when someone hit it while it was parked on the street. Just something to think about.

You'll notice I didn't buy a dodge though, Mazda rules and I love my Protege5. Next time around it's a MazdaSpeed 6 or something like that for me down the road

 

Its not worth much. My ex had a dodge shadow, had 144K and still ran, but my god was it a piece of ****! Just about every piece on that car was about to fall off...

 

If you take good care of a car not only will it run forever, it will also continue to look and feel brand new. So it may need some work down the road. Not like my 99 protege hasn't had its share of problems! Two catalytic converters at 1500 a piece.. luckly covered by warranty... and spoiler that paint was chipping off of.. was repalced 2 months ago and paint is peeling again.. lets see here. The awesome CD player! hahaha.. broke a week ago at 37,000 miles.. haha Woooo!!! Japanese engineering baby!! so you all may say it'll break down but i say.. it can't be much worse then the Protege if any worse at all.

 

my dad has a 94 dodge spirit that he bought new in 93. in less than 36k miles, motor mounts were gone, tranny problems, paint gone, was resprayed now the paint is gone again at 90k. inside fit and finish is horrible.

while you guys might enjoy the 225? hp neon, do you think after parking your car and going away from it you would turn around to admire its beauty? when coming to the car do you think it will bring a smile to your car or will you look at it and say how ugly it is? i love speed and fast cars but i refuse to drive an ugly car.

 

HELL YEAH! Anything with 225hp to the wheels would bring a smile to my face Besides, TO ME, it's not even ugly. It doesn't look better than the MSP, but it doesn't look bad either. Plus if I did happen to get it, I'll drop it and put rims on it. Anyway, I love the color yellow. I wish the MSP kept that color.